The Competitive division turned out to be anything but.

After manhandling both Camvi and Potenza Calcio in the elimination round, RDP mainstay Groupe Aldo handily beat Campobasso 4-1 to take the pre-season tournament. Interesting to note that Group Aldo will now pursue the B4 Division title alongside newcomers D-Rob, the only team that provided some kind of opposition in this tournament.

Spa Orazio would seem to have had an equally easy time in Recreational action against newcomers Café Riviera, although the champs did have to scrape by FC RNGM and Top V11 to get there. Nuva Spa 2, as Orazio will now be known, will nestle into the C2 Division, where they will contend with the likes of Calcio D’Oro, FC Bastone and AS Dynamo.

And in the 35+ Division, there was plenty of wheeling and dealing as Motovan and FC Moldova agreed to forego their final and proceed directly to penalty shots after what was an exhausting Halloween weekend and tournament for both sides. While Motovan were the winners on paper, the champions formerly known as Cassi Design will likely need all the energy they can muster as they battle Moldova, defending champs Don Bosco and Maracana all winter.

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